How do I set Session Variables

**flamer die.spam@hotmail.com** · Aug 22 '06, 01:25 AM

Re: How do I set Session Variables

christopher.j.j ust@gmail.com wrote:

I need to set the information being passed through the fields (23 of
them) in the form into a session.
>
Where do I start?
>
Thanks,
Chris

you want the submitted data from a form into a session?

//get the var out of the form
$var1 = $_POST["var1"];

//stick it into session
$_SESSION["var2"] = $var1;

Flamer.

**christopher.j.just@gmail.com** · Aug 22 '06, 03:05 PM

Re: How do I set Session Variables

I was using this which I believe accomplishes the same thing:

session_start() ;
$_SESSION['firstname'] = $_POST['firstname'];

now, if I understand correctly, the element from the _POST array should
have set the variable in the _SESSION array.

So how the heck do I retrieve it on subsiquent pages? And what sort of
settings do you need in PHP.INI for sessions to work?

I've got a ton of inherited code/programs that are using global
variables=on and I've got to turn that off as soon as I can and I'm
starting at a dead stop at the moment.

Any help is appreciated.

Chris

flamer die.spam@hotmai l.com wrote:

christopher.j.j ust@gmail.com wrote:
>

I need to set the information being passed through the fields (23 of
them) in the form into a session.

Where do I start?

Thanks,
Chris

>
you want the submitted data from a form into a session?
>
//get the var out of the form
$var1 = $_POST["var1"];
>
//stick it into session
$_SESSION["var2"] = $var1;
>
Flamer.

**Jerry Stuckle** · Aug 22 '06, 03:55 PM

Re: How do I set Session Variables

christopher.j.j ust@gmail.com wrote:

>
flamer die.spam@hotmai l.com wrote:
>

>>christopher.j .just@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>

>>>I need to set the information being passed through the fields (23 of
>>>them) in the form into a session.
>>>
>>>Where do I start?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Chris

>>
>>you want the submitted data from a form into a session?
>>
>>//get the var out of the form
>>$var1 = $_POST["var1"];
>>
>>//stick it into session
>>$_SESSION["var2"] = $var1;
>>
>>Flamer.

>
>
I was using this which I believe accomplishes the same thing:
>
session_start() ;
$_SESSION['firstname'] = $_POST['firstname'];
>
now, if I understand correctly, the element from the _POST array should
have set the variable in the _SESSION array.
>
So how the heck do I retrieve it on subsiquent pages? And what sort of
settings do you need in PHP.INI for sessions to work?
>
I've got a ton of inherited code/programs that are using global
variables=on and I've got to turn that off as soon as I can and I'm
starting at a dead stop at the moment.
>
Any help is appreciated.
>
Chris

(Top posting fixed)

It's just as easy to get them out of the session:

session_start() ;
$firstname = $_SESSION['firstname'];

The default settings in the php.ini file often work fine. Just look at
the session entries. It's pretty well documented.

The biggest problem I've seen is the session.save_pa th must point to a
directory where the web server (if you're not using the CGI version of
PHP) must have read/write access.

P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.

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**christopher.j.just@gmail.com** · Aug 22 '06, 04:25 PM

Re: How do I set Session Variables

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

christopher.j.j ust@gmail.com wrote:

flamer die.spam@hotmai l.com wrote:

>christopher.j. just@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>>I need to set the information being passed through the fields (23 of
>>them) in the form into a session.
>>
>>Where do I start?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Chris
>
>you want the submitted data from a form into a session?
>
>//get the var out of the form
>$var1 = $_POST["var1"];
>
>//stick it into session
>$_SESSION["var2"] = $var1;
>
>Flamer.

I was using this which I believe accomplishes the same thing:
>
session_start() ;
$_SESSION['firstname'] = $_POST['firstname'];
>
now, if I understand correctly, the element from the _POST array should
have set the variable in the _SESSION array.
>
So how the heck do I retrieve it on subsiquent pages? And what sort of
settings do you need in PHP.INI for sessions to work?
>
I've got a ton of inherited code/programs that are using global
variables=on and I've got to turn that off as soon as I can and I'm
starting at a dead stop at the moment.
>
Any help is appreciated.
>
Chris

>
(Top posting fixed)
>
It's just as easy to get them out of the session:
>
session_start() ;
$firstname = $_SESSION['firstname'];
>
The default settings in the php.ini file often work fine. Just look at
the session entries. It's pretty well documented.
>
The biggest problem I've seen is the session.save_pa th must point to a
directory where the web server (if you're not using the CGI version of
PHP) must have read/write access.
>
P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.
>
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I've looked and the session.save_pa th is read/write accessable, but the
majority of the session are blank so I'm not sure where I went wrong.
I'm using just this basic form at the moment:

<?php // text1.php
session_start() ;
$firstname = $_SESSION['firstname'];
$lastname = $_SESSION['lastname'];
$title = $_SESSION['title'];
$institution = $_SESSION['institution'];
$street = $_SESSION['street'];
$city = $_SESSION['city'];

// form
echo <<<HTML
<head><title>te xt1</title></head><body>
<form method="post" action="text2.p hp">
First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname " value=""/><br/>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastname" value=""/><br/>
Title: <input type="text" name="title" value=""/><br/>
Institution: <input type="text" name="instituti on" value=""/><br/>
Street: <input type="text" name="street" value=""/><br/>
City: <input type="text" name="city" value=""/><br/>
<input type="submit"/>
</form></body></html>
HTML;
?>

and want to be able to pull the information on any of the subsiquent 3
or 4 pages that people go through before completing it, but the session
record is blank in the file.

**christopher.j.just@gmail.com** · Aug 22 '06, 05:35 PM

Re: How do I set Session Variables

christopher.j.j ust@gmail.com wrote:

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

christopher.j.j ust@gmail.com wrote:

>
flamer die.spam@hotmai l.com wrote:
>
>>christopher.j .just@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I need to set the information being passed through the fields (23 of
>>>them) in the form into a session.
>>>
>>>Where do I start?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Chris
>>
>>you want the submitted data from a form into a session?
>>
>>//get the var out of the form
>>$var1 = $_POST["var1"];
>>
>>//stick it into session
>>$_SESSION["var2"] = $var1;
>>
>>Flamer.
>
>
I was using this which I believe accomplishes the same thing:
>
session_start() ;
$_SESSION['firstname'] = $_POST['firstname'];
>
now, if I understand correctly, the element from the _POST array should
have set the variable in the _SESSION array.
>
So how the heck do I retrieve it on subsiquent pages? And what sort of
settings do you need in PHP.INI for sessions to work?
>
I've got a ton of inherited code/programs that are using global
variables=on and I've got to turn that off as soon as I can and I'm
starting at a dead stop at the moment.
>
Any help is appreciated.
>
Chris

(Top posting fixed)

It's just as easy to get them out of the session:

session_start() ;
$firstname = $_SESSION['firstname'];

The default settings in the php.ini file often work fine. Just look at
the session entries. It's pretty well documented.

The biggest problem I've seen is the session.save_pa th must point to a
directory where the web server (if you're not using the CGI version of
PHP) must have read/write access.

P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.

--
=============== ===
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Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attgl obal.net
=============== ===

>
I've looked and the session.save_pa th is read/write accessable, but the
majority of the session are blank so I'm not sure where I went wrong.
I'm using just this basic form at the moment:
>
<?php // text1.php
session_start() ;
$firstname = $_SESSION['firstname'];
$lastname = $_SESSION['lastname'];
$title = $_SESSION['title'];
$institution = $_SESSION['institution'];
$street = $_SESSION['street'];
$city = $_SESSION['city'];
>
// form
echo <<<HTML
<head><title>te xt1</title></head><body>
<form method="post" action="text2.p hp">
First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname " value=""/><br/>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastname" value=""/><br/>
Title: <input type="text" name="title" value=""/><br/>
Institution: <input type="text" name="instituti on" value=""/><br/>
Street: <input type="text" name="street" value=""/><br/>
City: <input type="text" name="city" value=""/><br/>
<input type="submit"/>
</form></body></html>
HTML;
?>
>
and want to be able to pull the information on any of the subsiquent 3
or 4 pages that people go through before completing it, but the session
record is blank in the file.

OK, so I've got the records writing to the session folder and I can
call them on the second page, now what I'm finding is that they won't
persist - I've inserted an intermediary page in the sequence and what
happens is that the information stored in the session file disappears.
Here is the code:

PAGE 1

<?php // text1.php
session_start() ;
$_SESSION['SID'] = session_id();

// form
echo <<<HTML
<head><title>te xt1</title></head><body>
<form method="post" action="text2.p hp">
First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname " value=""/><br/>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastname" value=""/><br/>
Title: <input type="text" name="title" value=""/><br/>
Institution: <input type="text" name="instituti on" value=""/><br/>
Street: <input type="text" name="street" value=""/><br/>
City: <input type="text" name="city" value=""/><br/>
<input type="submit"/>
</form></body></html>
HTML;
?>

PAGE 2

<?php // text2.php
session_start() ;
$sessionID = $_SESSION['SID'];
// Do any checking on this here maybe?
$_SESSION['firstname'] = $_POST['firstname'];
$_SESSION['lastname'] = $_POST['lastname'];
$_SESSION['title'] = $_POST['title'];
$_SESSION['institution'] = $_POST['institution'];
$_SESSION['street'] = $_POST['street'];
$_SESSION['city'] = $_POST['city'];

echo $_SESSION['firstname']; // should now work...
?>
<html>
<a href="text3.php ">Continue to next page</a>
</html>

PAGE 3

<?php // text2.php
session_start() ;
$sessionID = $_SESSION['SID'];
// Do any checking on this here maybe?

$_SESSION['firstname'] = $_POST['firstname'];
$_SESSION['lastname'] = $_POST['lastname'];
$_SESSION['title'] = $_POST['title'];
$_SESSION['institution'] = $_POST['institution'];
$_SESSION['street'] = $_POST['street'];
$_SESSION['city'] = $_POST['city'];

echo $_SESSION['firstname']; // should now work...

echo <<<HTML
<head><title>te xt2</title></head><body>
<form method="post" action="text3.p hp">
text2: <input type="text" name="text2" value="" ><br/>
<input type="submit"/><br/>
</form><p>Return to <a href="text1.php ">text1</a>.</p>
</body></html>
HTML;

echo $_POST['firstname'];

?>

The session file goes from being populated with data to this:
SID|s:32:"6ba62 4e9304bf5511a19 1a836a324c1b";f irstname|N;last name|N;title|N; institution|N;s treet|N;city|N;

I'm thinking that I didn't make the data persistant, or didn't set
something up on the link to the 3rd page correctly.

I appreciate all the help I've gotten and if anyone has an explination
about what I'm doing wrong it would be welcome.

Thanks.

**Jerry Stuckle** · Aug 22 '06, 09:25 PM

Re: How do I set Session Variables

christopher.j.j ust@gmail.com wrote:

christopher.j.j ust@gmail.com wrote:
>

>>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>

>>>christopher. j.just@gmail.co m wrote:
>>>
>>>>flamer die.spam@hotmai l.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>christophe r.j.just@gmail. com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I need to set the information being passed through the fields (23 of
>>>>>>them) in the form into a session.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Where do I start?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>Chris
>>>>>
>>>>>you want the submitted data from a form into a session?
>>>>>
>>>>>//get the var out of the form
>>>>>$var1 = $_POST["var1"];
>>>>>
>>>>>//stick it into session
>>>>>$_SESSIO N["var2"] = $var1;
>>>>>
>>>>>Flamer.
>>>>
>>>>
>I was using this which I believe accomplishes the same thing:
>>
>session_start( );
>$_SESSION['firstname'] = $_POST['firstname'];
>>
>now, if I understand correctly, the element from the _POST array should
>have set the variable in the _SESSION array.
>>
>So how the heck do I retrieve it on subsiquent pages? And what sort of
>settings do you need in PHP.INI for sessions to work?
>>
>I've got a ton of inherited code/programs that are using global
>variables=on and I've got to turn that off as soon as I can and I'm
>starting at a dead stop at the moment.
>>
>Any help is appreciated.
>>
>Chris
>>>
>>>(Top posting fixed)
>>>
>>>It's just as easy to get them out of the session:
>>>
>> session_start() ;
>> $firstname = $_SESSION['firstname'];
>>>
>>>The default settings in the php.ini file often work fine. Just look at
>>>the session entries. It's pretty well documented.
>>>
>>>The biggest problem I've seen is the session.save_pa th must point to a
>>>directory where the web server (if you're not using the CGI version of
>>>PHP) must have read/write access.
>>>
>>>P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.
>>>
>>>--
>>>============ ======
>>>Remove the "x" from my email address
>>>Jerry Stuckle
>>>JDS Computer Training Corp.
>>>jstucklex@at tglobal.net
>>>============ ======

>>
>>I've looked and the session.save_pa th is read/write accessable, but the
>>majority of the session are blank so I'm not sure where I went wrong.
>>I'm using just this basic form at the moment:
>>
><?php // text1.php
>>session_start ();
>>$firstname = $_SESSION['firstname'];
>>$lastname = $_SESSION['lastname'];
>>$title = $_SESSION['title'];
>>$institutio n = $_SESSION['institution'];
>>$street = $_SESSION['street'];
>>$city = $_SESSION['city'];
>>
>>// form
>>echo <<<HTML
>><head><title> text1</title></head><body>
>><form method="post" action="text2.p hp">
>>First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname " value=""/><br/>
>>Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastname" value=""/><br/>
>>Title: <input type="text" name="title" value=""/><br/>
>>Institution : <input type="text" name="instituti on" value=""/><br/>
>>Street: <input type="text" name="street" value=""/><br/>
>>City: <input type="text" name="city" value=""/><br/>
>><input type="submit"/>
>></form></body></html>
>>HTML;
>>?>
>>
>>and want to be able to pull the information on any of the subsiquent 3
>>or 4 pages that people go through before completing it, but the session
>>record is blank in the file.

>
>
>
OK, so I've got the records writing to the session folder and I can
call them on the second page, now what I'm finding is that they won't
persist - I've inserted an intermediary page in the sequence and what
happens is that the information stored in the session file disappears.
Here is the code:
>
PAGE 1
>
<?php // text1.php
session_start() ;
$_SESSION['SID'] = session_id();
>
// form
echo <<<HTML
<head><title>te xt1</title></head><body>
<form method="post" action="text2.p hp">
First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname " value=""/><br/>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastname" value=""/><br/>
Title: <input type="text" name="title" value=""/><br/>
Institution: <input type="text" name="instituti on" value=""/><br/>
Street: <input type="text" name="street" value=""/><br/>
City: <input type="text" name="city" value=""/><br/>
<input type="submit"/>
</form></body></html>
HTML;
?>
>
>
PAGE 2
>
<?php // text2.php
session_start() ;
$sessionID = $_SESSION['SID'];
// Do any checking on this here maybe?
$_SESSION['firstname'] = $_POST['firstname'];
$_SESSION['lastname'] = $_POST['lastname'];
$_SESSION['title'] = $_POST['title'];
$_SESSION['institution'] = $_POST['institution'];
$_SESSION['street'] = $_POST['street'];
$_SESSION['city'] = $_POST['city'];
>
echo $_SESSION['firstname']; // should now work...
?>
<html>
<a href="text3.php ">Continue to next page</a>
</html>
>
>
PAGE 3
>
<?php // text2.php
session_start() ;
$sessionID = $_SESSION['SID'];

No, not necessary.

// Do any checking on this here maybe?
>
$_SESSION['firstname'] = $_POST['firstname'];
$_SESSION['lastname'] = $_POST['lastname'];
$_SESSION['title'] = $_POST['title'];
$_SESSION['institution'] = $_POST['institution'];
$_SESSION['street'] = $_POST['street'];
$_SESSION['city'] = $_POST['city'];
>

You just wiped out your $_SESSION values here. You didn't post these
values to this page, did you?

echo $_SESSION['firstname']; // should now work...
>
echo <<<HTML
<head><title>te xt2</title></head><body>
<form method="post" action="text3.p hp">
text2: <input type="text" name="text2" value="" ><br/>
<input type="submit"/><br/>
</form><p>Return to <a href="text1.php ">text1</a>.</p>
</body></html>
HTML;
>
echo $_POST['firstname'];
>
?>
>
The session file goes from being populated with data to this:
SID|s:32:"6ba62 4e9304bf5511a19 1a836a324c1b";f irstname|N;last name|N;title|N; institution|N;s treet|N;city|N;
>
I'm thinking that I didn't make the data persistant, or didn't set
something up on the link to the 3rd page correctly.
>
I appreciate all the help I've gotten and if anyone has an explination
about what I'm doing wrong it would be welcome.
>
Thanks.
>

Hope this helps.

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